By APRIL ERHLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting Artificial intelligence tools are helping Oregon wildlife researchers study hard-to-reach threatened species like the marbled murrelet. Researchers with Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service collected millions of hours of audio from federal forests in Washington and Oregon between 2018 and 2022. “We cannot physically review all the […]
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Democrats vie for Oregon state treasurer nomination to face Republican state senator in November
By CONRAD WILSON/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s next state treasurer will take the reins on an office with big tasks already at hand. They will manage the state’s $98 billion Public Employees Retirement System and its $28 billion unfunded liability. They will inherit outgoing state Treasurer Tobias Read’s plans to divest in fossil fuels and […]
Four candidates square off in May primary race for Oregon attorney general to replace Rosenblum
Left to right top: Republican Will Lathrop and Democrat Dan Rayfield, and left to right bottom: Democrat Shaina Maxey Pomerantz and Republican Michael Cross are running for Oregon attorney general in the primary election May 21. By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Four candidates are running for Oregon attorney general and hope to get their party’s […]
Two Republicans competing for 4th Congressional District nomination hope to unseat Hoyle
Amy Ryan Courser, left, and Monique DeSpain are vying for the Republican nomination in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District. BY ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A lawyer and Air Force veteran and a marketing consultant and former Keizer City councilor are vying for the Republican nomination to represent Oregon’s 4th Congressional District in the May 21 primary. […]
Demand for electricity in Northwest projected to grow 30% in decade, triple previous estimates
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Electricity demand in the Northwest is expected to grow more than 30% in the next decade, or about 5% more than estimated last year and triple the prediction three years ago, industry experts said in a new report. Large data centers, an increase in high-tech manufacturing and growing electrification in […]
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek apologizes Wednesday and ends plans to expand first lady’s role after pushback
By JULIA SHUWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — After weeks of criticism from within and outside her office and the departure of key staff, Gov. Tina Kotek is abandoning plans to expand first lady Aimee Kotek Wilson’s role in the office. Kotek announced her change of heart in a statement Wednesday and answered questions from […]
UO president rejects demands of students wanting school to cut ties with Israel
Organizers began setting up Monday morning on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. They say the encampment isn’t intended to interfere with campus activities or classes. By NATHAN WILK/KLCC News EUGENE — University of Oregon President John Karl Scholz has responded to the demands of the student encampment on the school’s Eugene campus. […]
1,000 survivors of 2020 Oregon wildfires file $30 billion “mass complaint” lawsuit against PacifiCorp
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal One-thousand Oregon wildfire survivors are suing PacifiCorp for $30 billion in the latest lawsuit filed as part of the massive class action lawsuit over the 2020 Labor Day wildfires. The complaint, filed Monday in Multnomah County court, lists 1,000 names of people impacted by four wildfires that a jury last year […]
Man charged after allegedly using bleach to kill 18,000 juvenile salmon at Reedsport hatchery
Staff at the state fish hatchery in Reedsport pours dead pre-molt Chinook salmon into a container. Roughly 18,000 of the fish were recently killed after a 20-year-old man allegedly poured bleach into a holding tank at the facility. By BRIAN BULL/KLCC News A Gardiner man has been arrested and charged in the deliberate killing of […]
Oregon Republican legislators and candidates visit Arizona-Mexico border to learn about security issues
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Sixteen Republican lawmakers and legislative candidates from Oregon visited the Arizona-Mexico border on Monday, arguing that lax security around the southern border exacerbates the drug crisis in Oregon, 1,000 miles north. The group, which includes about one-third of the Republican lawmakers in the Oregon Legislature and three candidates, was scheduled […]